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Hi folks,
I am an IMG working as a post doc in a lab.
I prepared for 2,5 months every night from 7-8pm up to 12am (50 questions daily untimed/tutor)
I made Qbank twice (1.time 50%tile/ no data for second time)
In addition I read first aid twice.
In the test exam (150 questions of USMLE) I had 80% correct answers.
score (exam 03/16/07): 233/97
2,5 months part-time are enough!!!
Take care
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| Hotobhaga
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My score:
228/95
Total prep time 2 years. Full time employed as a Surgeon as I own and run a busy Surgical Hospital in suburban Bombay.
Average 1-2 hrs a day. But took 15 days off before exam.
Kaplan center prep videos twice.
Kaplan notes Twice.
Kaplan QBook once: I found this to be the best.
Kaplan Q Bank Once
Did not take NBME or UW-Qbank
First aid Twice.
Most Importantly, I listened to Goljan Thrice and read his path notes cover to cover twice.... I just love Dr. Goljan. I sincerely hope I get to meet him in person one day....
Thanks also to the guys posting on this forum. Especially WOMBAT. She was my inspiration to start the prep.
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| darkhorse
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exam date-5th march
kaplan CD score-44,38,44
NBME 3/4days-560/232
UW score-70%
Kaplan q bank-didnt do
prep time-2months
USMLE score-99/250
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| Ancylostoma
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Took 8 months off, studied 4.5 months with many breaks
Exam date March 20, 2007
Score report date April 11th
received score April 16 243/99 I took the test extremely ill, Honestly thought I wouldn't get my 99, maybe 95 or something.
NBME1 480 3 months before
NBME2 530 3 days after nbme 2
NBME3 580 /3 weeks before test
NBME4 610/4 days before test
Kaplan q book 73%
Kaplan q bank 83%
Usmle world 74%
My study experience http://www.prep4usmle.com/forum/thread/52711
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| fnx
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I just got my Score for step 1.
235/98
Correlations
Qbank 73% only did 45%
Usmle CD= 82%
NBME 1= 226 one month before
NBME 2= 236 two weeks before
NBME 3= 234 7 days before
I had the same doubts as maninder_amc when I gt my score but then I talked to a friend that took all his test las year and he told me that the score correlation had changed that he got 238=99 on step 3. So I started looking at scores from this year and this is what I got so far:
226 = 94
227 = 95
233 = 97
235 = 98
236 = 99
The correlation can change at every time, what's important is that a 97 is a 97 any year, that's what a faculty told me.
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| acne
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exam date March 30th
NBME4 6wk before 570/95
NBME1 2wk before 80% correction
USMLE CD 2wk before 41,45
USMLE Rx 100% finished, 63%
Kaplan Q bank 90% finished 60-70%
USMLE world 100%finished 100% 62%
Exam score 245/99
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| MRMAVERICK
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exam date 29th MARCH
Q bank from high 80s in PATHO and BIOCHEM to mid 70s of Pharma and behav
Q BOOK most of the blocks were in 80s
UW 78%
NBME did only downloaded forms
USMLE CD 45,46,46
FINAL SCORE 99/245
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| Brasenose
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Exam Date: 22/4/07
Qbook - 75%
Qbank - 77% (early 90s by end)
USMLE CD - mid-late 40s
USMLE Score: 231/96
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| limbicsystem
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First, a big, big thanks to each and everyone of you who wrote here, in the forum everyday, talking about your preparation, your fears, fails, successes, everything! All of you have been the light in the not so bright days of my preparation. Thank you all ! 
Preparation time: about 5 months (old graduate)
Exam date : March 21, 2007
Score report date April 11th
Score received April 23 218/90
NBME1 430 1.5 months before
NBME2 440 1 month before
NBME 3 500 the day before the test
USMLEWORLD 68% but not very representative because I did it 2 times and that was the second one. The first one must have been around 45%, not very sure though-sorry!
USMLE cd 42/40/38
Edited by limbicsystem on 04/23/07 - 02:07 PM
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| dpmr
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Preparation time 4 months
10 yr old graduate
exam march 16
score reported april 23
NBME forum 2 3 weeks before exam 530
kaplan q bank 99% completed last 10 exams arround 68-72% on the last week before the exam
usmle cd 41/40/41
usmle step1 score 231/96
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| raganu
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score- 94/ 225
exam date - 28th march 2007
nbme- 540, 1 and 3 weeks before the exam
kaplan q-bank- 70/ 100%
usmle world- 60/ 100%
ecfmg cd- 38, 40, 45
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| madhorses
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finally, it is my turn. graduate 10 yrs ago. Full time postdoc. still waiting for my GC. prepare time 1.5 yrs. Read different books. Kaplan Bank 68%, uworld 63% all 100% finished. Qbook 70% first time and more than 80% 2nd time, CD 38,38,42. NBME 1 590, NBME 3 460. Test taken March 31st. Score reported today. 232/97. Was a below average student in School. If I can do it, everybody can do it. Work wisely and hard.
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| usmle_u
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Step i score 227/95
Exam on 30th march
Oasis updated on 18th april
Score recieved on 30th april
UW score 72%(just before exam)
Kaplan Q bank score 76%(3 months before exam)
Prep time was almost a year with 2 months gap.
NBME 2 score 480(4 months before exam)
NBME 3 score 490(3 months before exam)after NBME3 i had to take two months off for some reason and then after one more kaplan reading and UW i took exam on 30th march.
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| swissmiss
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Hi
Took Step 1 April 5. Got the result May 1.
229/95.
Q Bank 72 random timed
I was really confused about the two digit-three digit correlation. My theory is that since they raised the bar by 3 points for passing the score they must have droped the bar from the top 3 points to make the exam fair. The 75 score is now associated with a higher two digit score.By raising the bar, it would make it more difficult because you have to get (for example) an extra three questions right to get to the next "percentile".
The two digit score has to be equivalent every year so a person who got a 95 this year did just as well as a person who got a 95 on the test last year. But since the three digit score is smooshed, the correlate of the two digit and the three digit score is lower than previous years. Note that all people taking the exam in 2007 have the weirdo scores. (a 95 last year was 235 but this year is 229; a 99 last year was 243ish but this year it is 236--this is about a 6 points 'smooshed factor')
This is just a theory--it is not perfect at all. I do not have any official evidence to support this.
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| hanskenneth
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It's a miracle! Had one reading only of the following books 3 months before the exam: HY Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Lippincott Biochem, HY Behavioral science, MRS microbiology, BRS Pathology and BRS Physiology. One week before the exam, read FA. Immunology and Embryology I got only from FA. By the way, I was working full time the whole time, took a one-week leave only before the exam. The entire time, I was studying at night and on the weekends only (I work in research, a 9-5 job).
Exam on March 27, 2007
OASIS updated on April 18, 2007
Score received on May 3, 2007 (I'm in the Philippines)
USMLE CD about 2 weeks before the exam: slightly over 60%, I think.
Kaplan Qbook (which I didn't get to finish): ~60% also.
I didn't do NBME, Kaplan Qbank, nor USMLEWorld.
And my score: An astounding 221/92. (I couldn't be prouder, with the kind of prep i had)
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| grokking
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I passed with a 234/98.
I'm an IMG from Saba University. Scored only 63 on the Kaplan Diagnostic Exam there at the school. I did the Falcon Review Course in Dallas, TX. It lasted 7 weeks and was worth it, as long as I ignored their advice to record myself, which wasted time. Followed it up with 1 month of intensive self study using mainly the Falcon Books and USMLEWorld questions.
Did USMLEWorld Questions, by far the best available. Scored 72% consistently on random, untimed tests on USMLEWorld by the time I finally sat for the Step 1. Only was able to do all the questions twice. Scored 32, 40, and then 46 on the three blocks on the USMLE practice CD.
Did not do any of the NBME tests, didn't have the $$ or time.
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| d_o_c
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Hi, everyone ! This thread was very useful and i am happy i can participate now.
Exam date 14 March. Received score by mail 18 April.
Score 255/99.
UW score 77%.
Kaplan simulated exam 78%.
USMLE CD - overall 89%.
No NBME, no Kaplan Q Bank.
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| bax
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exam date: 2nd april
score report date: 25th april
received date: 8th may
EXAM SCORE : 236/99
kaplan simulated: 74%
kaplan q book: lowest 64% to highest 90%
avg 76%
lowest was in behavior science.
kaplan q bank: 72 to 80%
uw : 67% (cumulative)
73%ile
nbme : NA
done saved q of NBME4 got 40 on avg out of 4 block.
usmle cd : 42, 42 , 46 - 18 days before.
this thread and this forum is very helpful to me...i heartly thanks to everyone here who posted dere experience and guidence.
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| dianitlm
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hi everybody, i looked at this forum the whole time during my preparations, to try to predict my usmle step 1 score, i was really sad, to see that i wouldn't do very good based on my other scores, finally i got my score today, i wasn't excited, it wasn't that good, but based on how i felt during the exam, it was more than what i expected, but i wanted more, 'cause i really think i studied hard, and that i deserved more, i guess i'm not that smart hehehe
well here i go
my USMLE score was 207/85
USMLE CD 86%
KAPLAN SIMULATED 64%
KAPLAN QBANK, (COMPLETED 72%), 62%
well, that's all i did,
good luck
bye
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| proctalgia2
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hi guys, This is my score. Certainly more than expected.
211/87
I did neither UW nor NBME.
Kaplan Q bank 72%
Take care and good luck
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| achim
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german 8th semester medical student
exam date april 12th
oasis update may 2nd
score received may 14th
USMLE score 247/99
Kaplan Qbank (last 300 Qs timed random unused) 76%
USMLE CD 1 day before 47/43/49
don't remember Qbook, must've been between 60-80%
Robbins Review between 75-90%
didn't do NBME, wouldn't have rescheduled if it had been bad anyway.
prep-time fulltime 8 weeks, started reading Robbins/BRS patho/MRS mibi etc. earlier and for classes though. thanks to everybody on this forum, my family! and friends who supported me!
I was determined to do my best, but didn't really expect to score a 99.
If anybody has questions concerning my preparation and study schedule, don't hesitate to contact me.
good luck to you all,
sincerely
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| shalini.ravi
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my score in step 1 : 95/227
prep time 5 months
NBME 2 ONE MONTH BEFORE EXAM :460
NBME 3 2 WEEKS BEFORE EXAM :460
KAPLAN TESTS USUALLY IN 70S
USMLE CD -42/40/43 1 WEEK BEFORE EXAM
MADE A HUGE LEAP IN D REAL EXAM,SO GUYS DONT UNDERESTIMATE URSELF,KEEP WORKING HARD....PRAY N U WILL ACHIEVE !
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| dominicastudent
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Step 1 score mid-April 241/99
Kaplan Qbank 71/60% complete (60/70s at beginning, 70/80s at end)
NBME #1 510 (2 months before)
NBME #2 630 (1 week before)
USMLE CD 80-90% (1 week before)
Edited by dominicastudent on 05/20/07 - 03:37 PM
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| tinabg
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Step 1 264/99 (end of April)
NBME 570/234/94 - 10 days before the exam
Qbook 70-80%
Didn't do any Q-banks. Just studied Kaplan notes and listened to Kaplan live lectures.
Edited by tinabg on 05/20/07 - 05:19 PM
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| lena123
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step 1 265/99
working full time - 3 months with 7 days leave bfor xam
did UW 74% first time only
did nbme form 1 3 days b4 exam 99/259
first aid 2 reads
kap notes 2 reads
Blind confidence one shot!!
good luck all of u!
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